Alexander young jackson biography

Y. Jackson
The Art History Archive - Canadian Art

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Alexander Young Jackson
Frank H. Johnston
Arthur Lismer
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Frederick H. Varley

Canadian Landscape Painter

Biography by Brandi Leigh - 2008.

Alexander Young Jackson was born on October 3, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec. His father, an unsuccessful businessman abandoned the family while Jackson was young. With five siblings, Jackson began work at age twelve for a Montreal lithography company to help his mother feed the family.

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Working at the lithography company, his interest in art began to develop and he took evening classes to train as an artist.

By 1905, Jackson worked his way to Europe where he spent some time studying art. Later that year, he came back across the pond, where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was deeply influenced by Impressionism at this time in his life, and this became evident in Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson - Biography - askART CUGIL